Events

Past Event

CANCELLED - Origins of Contemporary Violence in Turkey and the United States

March 24, 2020
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
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UPDATE 3/12: Based on the latest travel, visitor, and event guidelines from Columbia University in response to the developing situation with COVID-19, and in an effort to be mindful of everyone's health and safety, we have made the difficult decision to cancel this event on Tuesday, March 24th. We apologize for any inconvenience and disappointment this may cause!

Speaker: Fatma Müge Göçek, University of Michigan

This talk will develop a comparative analysis of Turkey and the United States from the vantage point of violence as it is exercised on minorities, specifically on the Kurds in Turkey and Blacks in the United States.

Sponsors: Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies & Department of Sociology